Evidence through the Lens of Bibliometrics--The Case of Finnish Higher Education Admission Reform

Autor/inn/en	Forsell, Joni; Mankki, Ville
Titel	Evidence through the Lens of Bibliometrics--The Case of Finnish Higher Education Admission Reform
Quelle	In: Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 9 (2023) 2, S.75-85 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Forsell, Joni)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1080/20020317.2022.2149099
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Bibliometrics; Higher Education; College Admission; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Educational Legislation; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bibliometrie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Finnland
Abstract	A major admissions reform was carried out in Finnish higher education at the end of the last decade. This paper focuses on three main policy papers connected to the reform and examines the use and production of evidence therein. Drawing on bibliometric research and research on educational policy, we aim to provide insight into how to utilize citation analysis when examining evidence in educational policymaking. In the three policy papers, domestic legislature was cited the most frequently, and research from higher education institutions was cited the least. Affirmational citations were the most prominent; perfunctory, assumptive, conceptual, persuasive, contrastive, and negational citations were found to a lesser extent. When cross-examined in relation to citation types, sources were mostly cited as affirmational, with the exception of research from higher education institutions, which was cited as conceptual information. We also found that the writers cited their own previously written ministry-affiliated policy brief as central information in one of the policy papers connected to the reform. Our study is in line with the earlier literature showing that certain sources, such as domestic publications, are favoured over others. It also illustrates the different citation strategies experts employ to substantiate and legitimize educational policymaking. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01